Harada Sanosuke and Toudo Heisuke—Aoden didn’t recognize these two people.
But the name Nagakura Shinpachi impressed Aonto.
"Nagakura Shinpachi..." Qingto looked at the name written on the big book and muttered softly, "Isn't this person... the same person I sparred with before?"
Qingzhen remembers that he copied the "cyborg" talent from Nagakura Shinpachi.
Kiryu nodded: "Yes, that's him."
"That day, I recommended to him a lot of jobs that are suitable for a swordsman like him."
"I thought that among the jobs I recommended to him, there would always be one that would suit his liking."
"But afterwards I discovered that he was also a very picky person."
"After trying each one, he was not very satisfied with any of the jobs I recommended."
"Either I think it's too boring, or I think the boss has a terrible body odor and I don't want to work with him."
"So after going around in circles, he came back to me and asked me to find him a new job."
"I have already talked to these three people in the book one by one."
"They are all very willing to come under your command and serve you."
"These three people are all in line with your expectations, Mr. Ju: they are willing to do all kinds of hard work and tiring work, and they all have very good martial arts."
"You have met this Nagakura Shinpachi and have competed with him. You should know his personal strength, so I won't introduce him much."
"Let me introduce you to Sanosuke Harada and Heisuke Toudo."
Kiryu stretched out his right index finger and pointed at the name "Harada Sanosuke" on the book.
"Harada Sanosuke was born in the Iyo Matsuyama Domain on Shikoku Island."
"I am 20 years old this year. He is a master of spear skills who is good at using the Hoho Yuan style spear technique."
"The treasure house's spear skills?" Qingdeng raised his eyebrows slightly.
If we talk about what is the most popular and famous spear art school in Japan now... If you go to the street and catch a random passerby and ask them this question, then probably all the passers-by will answer: It must be the Hohoin style spear art!
Hohoin style - a spear art school founded by a monk named Yinrong during the Warring States Period more than 300 years ago.
Due to its extremely high power and practicality, its reputation quickly spread throughout Japan as soon as it came out. It has lasted for nearly four hundred years, and its reputation has not declined slightly.
Kiryu's finger slid down at this time, sliding on the name "Toudo Heisuke".
"Toudo Heisuke, a native of Edo."
"He is a little younger, 16 years old this year."
"Currently, I am studying under Ito Dojo and Beichen Itto Style."
Ito Dojo—Qingto has heard of the name of this sword academy.
Although the reputation and scale of this sword academy, which teaches Hokatsu Ittō-ryu, is not as high as that of the three major sword academy and the small Chiba sword academy, it can still be regarded as a top sword academy with extremely high reputation and status in Edo.
But - compared to the sword hall itself... maybe the master of this sword hall is more famous.
The owner of Ito Dojo: Ito Ozo is a very famous warrior.
He is both civil and military. He has profound attainments in Chinese studies, Chinese studies, and Mito studies, and he also owns the two major schools of Shinto Muken-ryu and Hokushin Itto-ryu.
In addition to his literary and military skills, he is also a well-known handsome man with a gentle personality, tall figure and handsome appearance.
Qingto heard that there were often some nymphomaniacs lying on the wall of Ito Sword Hall to peek at Ito Oizou.
Because Ito Daizo's reputation as a master of both civil and military skills was so great, many people went to the Ito Dojo out of admiration for him, trying to make friends with this famous scholar or become their teacher.
Kiryu's introduction was still continuing.
"Ah, by the way. Tachibana-kun, this Toudou Heisuke seems to admire you very much."
"Admire me?" Qingdeng was stunned.
Kiryu smiled and nodded: "After he learned that the person who hired Okabiki was Tachibana Aoto from the Northern Division, he immediately excitedly expressed his willingness to serve under Mr. Tachibana."
"Ha..." Qingdeng couldn't help but laugh.
"Whether it is Harada Sanosuke or Toudou Heisuke, I have asked my friends to check their strength."
"The strength of these two people is extremely high among their peers."
"Of course - whether you want to hire them or not depends entirely on your thoughts and plans, Mr. Tachibana."
After that, Kiryu closed the big book.
"Ji Jun, do you want to meet these three people now?"
"These three people all have the addresses of their fixed residences in Edo."
"If you want to meet them and interview them now, I can help you summon these three people now."
It’s a rare day off today. If you miss today, you won’t know when we will have a new holiday.
If possible, Qingdeng would like to complete the "recruitment of Oka Hiki" today.
So, after only thinking for a while, he bowed his head to Boss Kiryu.
"Then...Boss Kiryu, please call these three people here now."
Kiryu laughed: "No trouble. This is one of the services that an employment agency like ours should provide. Anyway, the residences of these three people are not far away."
Snap, snap, snap...
At this time, the sound of light footsteps like a cat came from the back room of Qianshiwu.
It was Kinoshita Mai who had just followed Kiryu's order and returned to the back room to have breakfast.
Kinoshita Mai, who had just finished breakfast in the back room, stuck out her little tongue and licked her oily pink lips, and walked quickly back to the front hall of Qianshiya.
Seeing Kinoshita Mai back, Kiryu slowly stood up from behind the counter: "Young Master, you came back just in time."
"I want to go out and call the three people who helped Mr. Ju."
"Before I come back, I'll ask you to look after the store and entertain Tachibana-kun and the others."
Suddenly receiving a new mission, Kinoshita Mai was stunned for a moment, and then quickly came back to her senses: "Yes!"
"Tachibana-kun, I won't be back for about half an hour." Kiryu took the burgundy feathered fabric hanging on the wall. "Before I come back, I have to ask you to wait here for a while."
"Yes." Qingden nodded, "Boss Kiryu, please be careful on the road."
After putting the burgundy feathered fabric on his body, Boss Kiryu walked straight away from Qian Shiwu.
Kiryu went out, and there were only three people left in the front hall of Senshiya: Aoto, Saito, and Mai Kinoshita. In fact, if I had to say it, in essence, only Aoto and Mai Kinoshita were left, because they were taciturn and liked to be in a daze. Saito's presence is so thin that it would be the same without him.
After watching Kiryu leave, Kinoshita Mai turned her gaze away and looked at Aoto and Saito with a smile... mainly looking at Aoto.
"Tachibana-kun, Saito-kun, are you thirsty? I'll make you a cup of tea."
Having said that, before Qingteng and the others could respond, Kinoshita Mai's two smooth little feet stepped on the wooden corridor and ran back into the back room with a "pat-ta-ta-ta" sound.
Kinoshita went back to the kitchen to make tea. Chatting with Saito was no different from chatting with Shitou. Feeling a little bored, Qingto could only drop his head, look at his nose and nose, and stay in a daze.
While Qingdeng was concentrating on it, suddenly - the cry of some cute creature came from beside him:
Meow~meow~meow~
The sudden meow made Qingden's consciousness, which had spread nine days away, return to his body.
Qingden Xunsheng turned his head and saw - a big orange cat was walking gracefully towards him from the back room of Qianshiwu.
This big orange doesn't seem to be afraid of people.
After seeing Qingdeng, a stranger, not only did he not run away, he even took the initiative to move towards Qingdeng.
Aoto recognized this big orange - when he first met Kinoshita Mai in this thousand-story house, Kinoshita Mai came out holding this big orange.
He remembered that this big orange seemed to be called "Duoduo".
Qingdeng happened to have nothing to do now. He smiled gently at Duoduo, then raised his hand to wave to the big orange.
"Duoduo, come here."
Meow~!
Duoduo said "meow" to Qingdeng, then sped up her cat steps slightly and ran to Qingdeng's side.
Qingden scratched the hair on Duoduo's head and stomach.
At first glance, you can tell that this big orange cat is well taken care of, and its fur is soft and shiny. The belly is solid and full of meat to the touch.
Qingden looked under its tail—well, it was a female cat.
Duoduo seemed to be quite happy with Qingdeng's touch.
After being touched a few times by Qingdeng, it half-closed its eyes comfortably, then lay lazily on the floor, exposing its white belly to Qingdeng.
At this moment, Kinoshita Mai returned to the front room carrying a tea tray with two cups of hot tea.
Looking at the beloved cat that was being petted by Aotomo "openly", Mai Kinoshita was surprised at first, then smiled and knelt down beside Aotomo with a gentle movement that was quite Yamato Nadeshiko's style. Pass the two cups of hot tea on the tea tray to Qing and Zhai respectively.
"Duoduo seems to like you very much."
"Haha, maybe it's because it and I are both 'orange'." Qingden said a joke that he had just thought of impromptu in a joking tone.
Because Qingto's cold joke was so cold, Saito on the side couldn't help but twitch his lips.
Qingden just wanted to say something stupid on purpose to liven up the atmosphere.
But who would have thought - after hearing Qingto's cold joke, Kinoshita Mai blinked her eyes hard twice, then raised her hands to cover her mouth, and giggled.
"Haha...it's all 'orange'...haha...hahaha...!"
Kinoshita Mai's shoulders were shaking slightly because she was smiling so happily.
Kinoshita Mai was actually amused by the cold joke he just said, and she even laughed happily. When Qingto saw this, he couldn't help but look dumbfounded.
Was the joke I just made so funny?
As for Saito, who was so cold at Aoto's cold joke just now, his mouth was slightly open at the moment, and he stared blankly at Mai Kinoshita, who was still laughing.
After laughing for a long time, Kinoshita Mai finally wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and slowly stopped smiling.
Because he was already very familiar with Kinoshita Mai, Qingto didn't feel embarrassed or uncomfortable even if he was alone with Kinoshita Mai now.
After taking a sip of the tea that Kinoshita Mai had just brewed, Qingto took the initiative to initiate a conversation with Kinoshita Mai:
"Miss Kinoshita, have you encountered anything interesting or worth mentioning recently?"
Have you come across anything interesting or worth mentioning recently? Qingdeng likes to use this sentence to start chats with others.
"There are really interesting things or things worth mentioning..."
Kinoshita Wu held Duoduo on her lap, caressing Duoduo's belly and said slowly.
"Two days ago, when I went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, I went into a tea house to drink tea because I was thirsty."
"While I was sitting quietly in the corner of the tea house drinking tea, I overheard a young man and woman who were supposed to be brother and sister at the next table arguing."
"The content of their quarrel was 'whether the great thief Neko Monk is a plump female ninja?'"
"That brother insists that the cat monk is a very plump female ninja, and he also 'quotes' all kinds of scriptures."
"And the younger sister angrily accused her brother of reading too many yellow papers about female ninjas and just having boring daydreams here."
[Note·Yellow paper: An erotic literary and artistic publication with yellow leather embroidery popular in the Edo period. It has many themes that are not outdated even now]
"The brother and sister had a loud quarrel, which attracted many people around to watch and join in the quarrel."
"When I finished my tea, most of the people in the tea house started arguing about whether the cat monk was a kunoichi or not."
"I was dumbfounded at the time."
"Is it necessary to argue so hard about this kind of thing? Is it so important whether the cat monk is a boy or a girl, or whether he is a ninja?"
Hearing this, a faint and weird smile appeared on Qingdeng's face, which could not be detected without looking closely.
He said in his heart:
——I don’t know if Cat Monk is a ninja, but now I know she is a female...
Qingden still remembers the scene where he copied the talent of "milk" from the cat monk who attacked Beibansuo at night.
Qingdeng did not report to the government that "he found out that Mao Xiaoseng was a woman" - he had no way to report this.
It was impossible for him to directly tell the person above him that he had discovered that the cat monk had the talent of having abundant breast juice and nutrition...
Whether the Cat Monk is a boy or a girl is not particularly important. Even if Qingdeng managed to report the Cat Monk's true gender, it would not be of any benefit to Qingdeng himself.
What's more - Qingdeng quite likes this little cat monk.
After weighing the pros and cons, Qingdeng finally decided to bury the information that "the cat monk is a woman" in his heart for the time being.
"Besides - how did the rumor that 'Cat Monk is a plump female ninja' spread?"
Kinoshita Mai’s voice sounded again.
She curled her lips and continued:
"As far as I know, hasn't the Cat Monk never shown his face? The government has not even determined whether the Cat Monk is a boy or a woman. There are so many people who firmly believe that the Cat Monk must be a female or a female ninja... "
After glancing at the puzzled expression on Kinoshita Mai's face, Qingden chuckled a few times, "haha".
"People only believe what they want to believe."
"Compared with rumors like 'The Neko Monk is a short man' and 'The Neko Monk is a plain-looking woman'... it is obvious that 'The Neko Monk is a plump female ninja' is more eye-catching and more likely to be liked by people. .”
"After all...many people just like this."
"Naturally, the rumor spread like wildfire."
After finishing speaking, Qingdeng raised the tea cup in his hand and took another sip of the tea in the cup.
"The fame of this little cat monk is really getting bigger and bigger... The quarrel between the brother and sister can actually attract most of the people in the teahouse to join in their argument."
"Well, that little cat monk is indeed becoming more and more famous." Kinoshita Mai nodded lightly, "Recently, whenever I go to places with a lot of people, I can always hear people discussing this phantom thief."
At this point, Kinoshita Mai's voice suddenly paused.
"...As his fame continues to grow, all kinds of strange comments about Cat Monk are also increasing."
Kinoshita Mai's hand caressing Duoduo's belly slowed down slightly at this moment.
"Some people say that the cat monk who only steals the property of evil people is a respectable thief."
"There are also many people who say that the Cat Monk is just a thief. No matter who he stole, it cannot change the fact that he is a thief. The Cat Monk's behavior of punishing a person purely based on his personal likes and dislikes is not advisable. .”
Kinoshita Wu stopped playing with the cat.
"...Tachibana-kun." Kinoshita Mai winked at Qingden, "What do you think of the cat monk?"
"Me?" Qingdeng drank the tea that had cooled down a lot in one gulp, "I quite like that little cat monk."
"Tachibana-kun, do you like that little cat monk very much?" Mai Kinoshita, with a look of surprise on her eyebrows, winked at Qingden again.
"I'm very interested in thieves and phantom thieves who specialize in attacking evil people." Qingto turned his head and smiled indifferently at Mai Kinoshita, "If there is a chance... I would also like to try to be a cat monk. He’s a strange thief who also knows his way around thieves.”
Phantom Thief——This profession can be regarded as Qingto’s passion.
Although Qingdeng in his previous life was an honors student with excellent academic performance, he was also a boy who loved to play games in private.
One of his favorite games is the masterpiece known as "the best Japanese role-playing game in the world": "Goddess x Wenlu 5"
Qingdeng was just in the second grade of junior high school when he came into contact with this masterpiece.
The game's basic setting of "a high school student during the day, transforming into a 'heart-stealing' monster thief who challenges corrupt adults at night", as well as the music that was so trendy that people just want to get high, made the young man who was in his second year of middle school at the time. Deng felt astonished and exclaimed, "The producer who designed this game is really a genius!"
Since then, the profession of "phantom thief" has become Qingto's passion.
This feeling made Qingdeng put on a friendly filter when facing the cat monk.
"I'm just a layman, not a saint with high moral character."
Qingdeng then continued.
"The saying 'Thieves and Phantom Thieves are just thieves', and the saying 'You cannot put personal likes and dislikes above the law'... I understand these truths, but I don't want to pay attention to them."
"I only know that actions like what Mao Xiaoseng did, which only targeted treacherous people, made me feel very happy and satisfied, so I have a good impression of Mao Xiaoseng - it's that simple."
"Of course, if one day in the future, Mao Xiaoseng degenerates and starts to attack ordinary people, then I will no longer be friendly to him."
Having said that, Qingdeng subconsciously raised the tea cup in his hand to take a sip of tea, but after passing the cup to his lips, he realized that the tea had been finished, so he could only put down the tea cup in his hand.
At this moment, Kinoshita Mai's slender, velvet-like eyelashes fluttered a few times.
After she gave Qingdeng a long look, the corners of her mouth began to slowly turn up, and a smile emerged. Finally, the smiles turned into a pure child-like smile.
"Tachibana-kun, as a 'Three Chapters' Tongxin, you say that you like the cat monk... isn't this a bit bad?"
Qingden smiled, then raised his right index finger to his lips, making a "silence" gesture.
"Then Miss Kinoshita, you have to keep it a secret for me," Aonto said jokingly.
Kinoshita Wu raised her hand to cover her lips, smiling sweetly.
"Yes!" After putting down her hand covering her lips, she nodded vigorously, "I will keep it a secret!"
"Hehe, hehehe..." Kinoshita Mai suddenly giggled a few times, "In this way - this matter can be regarded as a secret between the two of us."
At this moment, Kinoshita Mai noticed that Qingdeng's teacup was empty.
"Ju-kun, wait a minute, I'll get you a new cup of tea!"
Kinoshita Mai grabbed Aoto's empty tea cup and ran back to the kitchen in the back room.
After Kinoshita Mai left, Saito, who had been sitting quietly next to Aoto drinking tea just now, raised his head and looked at the back room of Chishiya with a mixed expression.
"The secret between two people... Miss Kinoshita, has she forgotten me?"
Qingto was amused by Saito's murmur with a hint of resentment. Although he tried his best to control it, he couldn't help but cover his face and laugh happily.
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After Kinoshita Mai returned to Qingteng with a cup filled with fresh tea, she and Qingteng chatted for a long time.
After drinking countless cups of tea from Aoto and unknowingly changing the content of the chat with Mai Kinoshita from "Cat Monk" to "Four Ways to Eat Wagashi", Chishiya's shop door There was finally a loud noise outside.
"Young Master, Tachibana-kun, I'm back." Kiryu opened the door of the shop, "You're lucky - Nagakura-kun and the others happened to be staying in their residence right now, and we found them all right away."
Looking up - three young men following Kiryuu filed into the store together with Kiryuu.
Qingto immediately found Nagakura Shinpachi, whom he had only met last month, among these three young men.
As for the other two people besides Nagakura...their looks are worthy of special mention.
One of the two people has a medium height of about 1.6 meters and a rather strong build.
He was wearing a slightly worn kimono, without hakama, and the front of the shirt was crookedly open to both sides, exposing his chest and abdominal muscles that looked very hard.
Qingden noticed that this man had a horizontal incision on his abdomen.
The more Qingden looked at it, the more he felt that this horizontal incision looked like a laparotomy wound...
There was no wakizashi on his waist, only a katana, and a nearly 2-meter-long spear was held by this person in his right hand and carried on his shoulder. Since he was holding a spear, Qingdeng deduced that this person should be The spear master mentioned by Boss Kiryu: Sanosuke Harada.
As for the other one of the two, he is on the shorter side.
This man is shorter than Okita, only over 1.5 meters tall.
The clothes on his body were neatly dressed, and he wore a pair of long and short swords on his left waist.
Since the man carrying the spear was Harada Sanosuke, then this short man should be Toudo Heisuke.
Whether it's Harada or Toudou, they both have faces that many girls should have a crush on.
After entering the Thousand Things House and meeting Aoden, Nagakura, who had a relationship with Aoto, was the first to raise his hand and greeted Aoto in a rather heroic tone:
"Hey! Tachibana-kun! We meet again!"
"Nagakura-kun, long time no see." Qingden smiled and nodded politely to Nagakura.
Tachibana-kun——After hearing Nagakura call Aotobu this name, Harada and Toudou immediately turned their gazes and cast a sizing look at Aotobu.
Harada is the kind of normal, calm gaze between strangers.
But the light in Toudo's eyes was slightly different. When he looked at Qingdeng, his eyes flashed with excitement and excitement.
Harada, who was holding the gun in his right hand, put his left hand on his hip, showed a silly smile, and asked Aoto in a commoner tone without honorifics: "Are you the Tachibana Aoto who wants to hire Okabiki?"
Aoden nodded and stood up: "The first time we met, I returned to Tongxin: Tachibana Aoden in Shimokita Bansho Town."
As soon as Qingteng finished introducing himself, Todo stood up straight with excitement on his face, and then bowed 90 degrees to Qingteng.
"First, first time meeting you! Mr. Tachibana! I am Toudou Heisuke from Ito Dojo!"
Toudo's words were in sharp contrast to Harada's words - the latter did not use any honorifics when talking to Aotomo, while the former used the most top-notch and complicated honorifics to talk to Aotomo.
Through the appearance of the two people and the few simple exchanges they just exchanged, Qingto has a preliminary understanding of the personalities of Harada and Toudo.
That Harada seemed to be the kind of unruly, informal, rough man who seemed to be a little honest.
As for Todo, he is much more honest and polite, and all manners are extremely thoughtful.
"Okay, don't hang around in the entrance hall." Kiryu turned around and smiled calmly at Nagakura and the three of them, "Come in quickly. Young Master, please go and get three more cushions."
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Everyone was brought here by Kiryu - Aoden first thanked Kiryu, then straightened his waist slightly, and said seriously to Nagakura, Harada, and Toudou who were sitting in front of him in various sitting postures:
"I've heard everything from Boss Kiryu - Boss Kiryu has talked to you one by one in advance, and all three of you are willing to join me. So, I'll get straight to the point."
"You must have heard more or less about the work Okabiki needs to do."
"This job doesn't require any very mental work. The main job is to share with Tongxin the chores, tiring work, and hard work that only require physical strength."
"Therefore, I don't have many requirements for Okabiki under my command. He only needs to have good physical strength and be willing to endure hardships and stand hard work."
"But because helping Tongxin arrest criminals is one of Okabiki's main jobs, I also hope that my Okabiki's skills can be as good as possible. It would be great if he is someone who is proficient in a certain martial arts."
"According to Boss Kiryu - all three of you have martial arts abilities that are outstanding among your peers."
"Nagakura-kun has had a relationship with me before. I have competed with him. I know his strength very well."
"As for Harada-kun and Toudou-kun..."
Aoto focused his attention on Harada and Toudo.
"I don't know much about the specific strength of the two of you."
"So, I would like to conduct an assessment to test your strength now. What are your intentions?"
"Oh?" Harada's eyelids twitched and he grinned, "Testing our strength? Ahhh... That's right. After all, it's impossible to hire someone who doesn't know the specific strength to be a subordinate. Okay, okay! Let's test it. !”
Todo on the side nodded his head vigorously: "Yes! I am willing to accept any test!"
"How do you want to test it?" Harada then asked, "If you want to test our strength... then we have to have a fight with others. Do you want to find someone to compete with us? Or do you want to find someone to compete with us? Are you saying you want to compete with us in person?"
"I'm here to test your strength myself." Qingdeng slowly showed a meaningful smile, "But if you test them one by one... it would take too much time."
"Just...let's have a two-on-two match to save time and effort."
"Two teams two?" Harada and Toudo said in unison.
Qingden turned his head and looked at Saito who was sitting behind him.
"Saito, can you help me?"
Saito was stunned for a moment, then nodded without thinking.
He didn't like to talk, but responded to Qingdeng with actions.
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